Most important lesson of the week:
Do NOT binge on sleep if you have lab on the next day, even if you can't finish reading your lab manual.
Because, chances are if you get enough sleep, you can still act pro and follow what others do without embarrassing yourself. Which is definitely never gonna be the case when you only sleep for 4-and-a-half hours.
Thanks to bridge, I had to mow myself out of bed this morning. Four-and-a-half hours of sleep was definitely not enough to prevent myself from acting stupidly in the lab.
When we were told to begin with our experiment, it took me a moment to get myself out of the daze that began since don't-know-when. Then, I proceeded to collect my chemicals WITHOUT MY SAFETY GOGGLES, never realizing my stupidity until the teaching assistant tapped my shoulder and said,
"You are supposed to put on the glasses."Then, I proceeded to collect the same KMnO4 using the same test tube WITHOUT WASHING IT. Because the experiment had something to do with the speed of reaction, that little bits of solution that remained in my test tube will affect my end result for sure. So Jaime was so kind and came up to me to tell me I've gotta wash that test tube I was holding. But guess what I replied?
"Har don't need wad. It's the same solution ma."
Somebody just tell me how stupid I was. No wonder my readings were so much more off compared to the rest initially.
I am so NOT gonna binge on sleep before lab days. I'm already looking ultra ugly on lab days - glasses and jeans AND covered shoes AND have my hair tied - it doesn't help rescue my reputation by that inherent stupidity of mine which gets unleashed everytime sleep is compromised.
With that, I'm so gonna sleep early tonight (:
